The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-09 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMZIiCIAL INTELLIGENCE, Two O'. At Paris thi s morn i ng, according to CLOCK Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 65c, Firm. The Stock Exchange markets this morning pre- ti sent an improving tendency, and speculators appear once more disposed to close their "bear" accounts eta and operate for a rise in prices. Accordingly, all t descriptions of stock are buoyant, and affairs exhi- et, bit a more favourable aspect. The Funds have 1 ( ( recovered f p per cent., C onso l s b e i ng 90i 91f for 1( money, and 90} ex div. for the account. The h ( New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881 ; ii Exchequer Bills, 9s, to 4s. dis.; and India 5 per t( I, Cents., 1041 . it( There is more animation in the Foreign Market, • and prices have generally improved. Turkish 6 per et ` Cents., 1862, are 704 71 ; ditto Consolid63, 501 4 ; ; Mexican, 431 ; do., New Loan, f dis„ prem.; ti Greek, 22 f ; Spanish Passive, 34 344 ; Portu guese, 48 ; Sw e di s h s cr i p , par , 1 prem. ; R uss i an Scrip, 11 t prem.; and the Confederate Loan, Hi p 664 67. Business i n t h e R ailway Share Market has been st, rather inactive, but prices have in most instances i s exhibited more firmness. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain with- t out material a l teration. : The following are the current quotations of . some of the principal new undertakings :—Provincial at Banking Corporation, 11 prem.; International Land Credit, 1 2 prem. ; Telegraph Construction, prem.; Sabloniere Hotel, Q 11 prem.; North Australian Company, fl 14 prem. ; Imperial Bank of China, 1 1 prem. ; City Offices, 1- prem. ; and Millwall Iron Works, prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOYDILNDIENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, M a y 8 per Cent. Reduced New a per Cent BBl t i it, New 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894.... — Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Ditto (Red Bea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. March. Jun e , &chequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent 2O 9 4 Ditto Ditto £SOO England Stk, 55 per Ct. Ditto Account INDILN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 D itto Account. ... .......... —'Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 .......... Do Certificates .............. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. ..... Ditto 6 per C ent., Jan. 1872 .......... 1034 Ditto 51 per C ent., May, 1879 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 - , Ditto Bond s £l, OOO ... Ditto under £l ,OOO .. ............... F 0................ Austrian B REIG N FUNDS—CLOS I NG PRICES. onds, 6 per Cent .......... . . _'Ditto 1859 .............• Brazilian 5 per Ce ......... ....... 100 Ditto 41 per Cent. nt , •1852-58-6 p ...... Ditto 1863 .............. 865 Egyptian 7 per Cent Ditto, Second Issue .. 995 Greek 5 p er C en t ., 182 4-5, ex-Coupons.. Ditto Account 2211 t 2f if Ditto Coupons Ditto Account Guatemala 6 per Cent. .. Ditto, 1839 and 1859 ... . Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railwa s Mexica n 3 per Cent .... y) 74 4 Ditto Account..,, Moorish I mper i al 5 per Cent 434 New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. 3O Ditto Defer re d Ditto Land \Varrants (Hectares) Peruvian 45 per Cent Ditto A ccount.... ....... , .... bitto 3 pe r C ent, (Uribarren) . Ditto 45 per Cent., 1862 ........ 85 Q tDitto Acc oun t — Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account •• Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9 , '6O, 62,'3 Ditto Account 48:71 8 Russian 5 per Cent,, 1822, St Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 .. 844 Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 [Ditto 5 per Cent, , :, , 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent ... .... -- Ditto Account .. Ditto New Deferred Ditto Acco Ditto P unt assi ve Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup n.ot funded Ditto Account Swedish, 4 per Cent Ditto Scrip £2O paid! Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account .. 705 705 Ditto £lOO Bond Ditto 1863 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 221 Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account..~ Ditto 8 per Cent, 1864 Ditto Scrip, £l5 ;m id Ditto 11 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Load a. Austrian, 6 por Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. -- Belgian 45 par Cent., Ex. 25f Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull.. Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, .Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account,,, 674 THREE O'CLOCK, Coagals Molloy Ditto Account .............. 3 9 /1 d Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Very full prices. Siles about 10,000 bales. Ina ports, 3,379 ; previously, 4,38 ti LORD 1-10 IIGFITON will take the chair at the 'flaugural dinner of the newspaper press fund, to be held at the Freeroaaona' Taverh on the 214 t inet, CITY, TWELVE o'CLocK. The discount market is now assuming a quieter appearance, although no change can be noted in the quotations. The mercantile classes have very generally over supplied themselves with accom• modation, and with the less demand for money now experienced, capitalists are beginning to evince a disposition to work at the Bank of Eng land minimum. The large number of bills, how ever, that have as yet been brought forward have bEen charged 9 to 9i per cent. About £82,000 in gold was taken into the Bank on Saturday, but 100.000 sovereigns were with drawn for transmission to the Brazils. The Star of Tasmania from New Zealand has brought £83.240. The condition of trade in the manufacturing dis tricts during the past week has - oeen exceedingly active. At Manchester, however, the market for cloths has been slightly affected by the increase in the rate of discount, but at Leeds, Huddersfield, Halifax, Leicester, and Bradford, a large inquiry prevailed for all descriptions of goods. At Bir mingham and Sheffield great buoyancy has been noticed, manufacturers having received large orders both from the country and abroad. A special meeting of shareholders of the Bank of London was held to-day for the purpose of increas ing the capital by the additional sum of £200,000, which is to be divided into 2,000 shares of £lO each. Sir J. V. Shelley, Bart., M.P., who occupied the chair, moved the adoption of the necessary resolu tions, and observed that while other kindred insti tutions had progressed the Bank of London had exhibited still greater advancement. The direc tors had always been actuated by a policy to secure the confidence of the public, while at the same time promoting the interests of the shareholders. The amount expected to be realised by the premium en the new shares would represent £140,000, which, added to thu reserve fund, would raise that item to an amount as to preclude the necessity of increasing it out of the ordinary earnings every year. The resolutions were agreed to narn. con., and the thanks u of the meeting voted to the directors. A call of £2 per share has been made on the shares of the Central Argentine Railway Company, for the lines from Rosario to Cordova, to be paid for on the Ist proximo; and a similar amount will , be required on the Ist December next. The half -yearly drawing of Turkish Six per Cents., 1863, took place on the 2d inst. at Paris, 4h and the particulars may be seen at the offices of the Imperial Ottoman Bank. , Sk 'his day, ORDP.ZARY SHARES AND STOOKS. hare Itailwaye. 13.11.1 Sir., Wol., and Str. Val. at ;Blythe and Tyne. 10 ! Bost.,Sleat,and Mid. C o st !Bristol and Exeter st ;Caledonian 50 !Cork and Bandon 20 I Corm,val i 10 D o A I A gets no div 10 ,Do B till f3p c.p an. has been paid to B. 50 'Dublin & Belfast June. 25 Dun., Perth,& Ab. June. at Edinburgh & Glasgow.; at Glasg,. and S. Western.' st Great Eastern, Ord. stk st Ditto A stook at Ditto EastAnglian st at GreatNorthof Scotland st Great Northern.... •. • • at Do A stock at Do B do st Gt. S. and W. of Irelaul et Great Western .......• at Do Str Val gua. stock st Lancaahlre & Yorkshire at London and Blackwaii : et Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast : at Lon., Cnat., and Dover st Lon. & Nor' h Western 1 at Lon. & Ser,th Western I it Man., Shef., & Lincoln. I 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 1 24 Do t shares... ; st Metropolitan 1 st Midland Do New st Do Binning. & Derby I 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 1 25 Do. 4 shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line st North British st Edin., Perth, & Dundee li at Nth. Eastern—Berwick .11 25 Do, G.N.E. purchas( 16. at Do Leeds 1( at Do York at Do Car1i51e........., 1( at North London 10 Do New 16.1 North Staffordshire .. a 10 N. and S. W. Junction a, at Scottish Central at Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 10 at Do Scot, Mid. stock lO 10 Shrews, and Welohpool al st Shropshire Union st South Devon. ..... ....„ 10 at South Eastern at South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 104 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok. al 15 Stockton & Darlington al 26 Do 25 Do New, ISOG IC at Tall' Va1e..... 10 Do B 8 10 Do C I i 0 Ulster 15 Do .10 Do ;t Vale of Neath it Victoria eta, and Pim ; 100 t Waterfbrd & Kilkenny; 100 t West Cornwall 1100 t W. Hartlepool Har,dat ! 100 t West Midland —Oxford, 100 t Do Newport' 100 t Do Hereford! 100 I Paid. Closing 1 Business Price. , done. 8 8j Si 9 83 95 111 118! 1172 6 7 35 37 16 17 88 90 10 t 106 16i 7i ei 73 128 129 136 117 130 02 91 93 634 641 119 1096 G 4 65 100 101 40 41 1091 1091 V 66 9711 53 51 1 11 /124 130 /30t, 100 IC2 50} G 1 244 25# 991 1CO; 55i 66, 88& 90 128 131 14 2i 13. 76 78 IcII 121 123 39 40 54 66 33 85 60 901 • 'lO4 107 7 8 364 4 374 94 10 8 8 , 165 170 t 5 7 t 3 E p 95 P 7 46& ! 71 10_9; / 101 loi 97 109 k 10 9; 111 124 1 30} 100} 77 6 184 I 90k 101 k BRITISH POSSESSIONS, Art Railways 10 Itlantic &St Lawrenci Born.,Baroda&Cent Gu. 5 per cent... 20 Do. New . 20 Do. E. Shares... 20i Buffalo and Laae _Huron l 0 Do. Preference 10 j Buffalo,Brant,(l6Godrich p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 10 Do. do. July 1, 187: 10 Do. do. June 1, 18;•1 ,t Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim, t Cape Town Dock Seri-, ,ock Rastn. Bengal g - u. sp. eck East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 20 Do. do. H do. .. ock Grand Trunk of Canada DO Do. Ist Fret . Bonds.. 30 Do. do. deferred...... )0 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. )0 Do. do. deferred...... )0 Do. 3d Pref. stock ... 10 Do. do. deferred...... 10 Do. 4th Pref. stock... 10 Do. do. deferred...... K)k Gt.lncliarentn.gua.sp.c 0 Do. New gua. sp. c... Do. January, 1862 .. nk Gt. South.of India (Lira , „ guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Share,4 10 4 Do. New ... )9 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. )0 Do. 6i p. c. do. '77-8.. • [0 Indian Branch Limited )ck Madras guar., 5 p. o. )ok Do. 4t p. o. Extension )ck • Dc 44 d 0........ 20 Do. Fifth Extension. ,ock Melb.Corp. op. o. Bnch, 50 Alelb. & Hobson's Bay. 00 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. SO Newßr swift at Canda Class A and B. N. itl.C'da3 pc lst pt bds hock Soinde .... • • ...• ock Do. Delhi to Do. do .•• • • — st. Do. Punjaub t w C., Do. Do. •• )0k Do. Indue.St. Flo.) COLONIAL GOVER k.;ah.(iov. , tsp.c.Ja &July 1877-81 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. Op. c.3lar. Sept. Do. sp. c. Jan. &July. - ' Do. 5 Inscribed stock eape G.llope, 6p c,1873 Do.Ap a Oct. 1880 Do. 1890 , Do. Jan. & July, 1831.. Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c - I Maurittus 6 per cent Natal Gov. 6 per cent - N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja...trJuly f Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oat. IN. S.W. Gov. 5 p 186 t - Du. sp. e.,18/1 to Idn Do. d0.,1888 dzupwds - , New Zealand 6 p cent. 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 ,Queensland Gm. 6p. c ,S. Aus G6p.c.1878.d; up 'Vic.Gov. p.c. Ja.drJuly Do. to 6 p.o. An..1100t.. 100 100 100 100 100 Paid. all 100 Closing Price. 58 60 1016 102 id I p 52 61 /4 9} 77 82 77 88 77 82 100 102 98 100 103 105 IG2i 303 i I a l I 31, 20 2U6 71 73 60 62 60 5a 51 53 48 50 40 42 25 27 23 C 6 102 103 P 101 103 10 101 1 10i 10 , 94 95 84 66 101 i )021 94 96 90 Oz 58 60 3 6 82 84 102 103 101 10 P iP leo 102 tioo 93 95 7111 101} 2 T SECURITIES. 103 105 102 104 102 104 90 02 89 91 106 108 107 109 1(8 110 110 112 105 107 106 108 106 108 102 104 994 1001 99 WI 99 101 10) 111 1031 4 99 1 i I 0-1 106 10 112 [o7i 108i1 107 I i it Rd 32 34 550 660 67 70 281 291 64 31 41 7 9 2/ 34 31 33 9/ 91 118 40 34 1 18 20 41 51 14 d 83 95 1/ 1/ 11 24 41 41 )8 19 9 10 10 18 195 XO5 90 95 30 35 BRITISH MI. 2 ICambrian Consol. Gold - vhflord Amalgamated.. - Devon G. Cone. (Tavist. ) - East Bassett (Mogan).- - East Clog,au Gold Ltd. - East Caradon •• East Cara Brea ~.. - I E. WI Russel (Tavistk.: - Gam..tzSt.Autqn(Gwen , - 1G reat South Tolgus.... - I G. Wheal Vor (lielston - Grenville .. - [lcm-el's-Foot - tfingston Downs . - Lady Bertha - Hargaret (tiny Lelant - Marke Valley.. k Alyndy Iron Oro (Lim ) - New Setou • • North Downs - N. Will Basset (Mogan' - North Wheal Crotty - Par Consols (St. Blazey, , 0 Providence (Uny Lelnt.), - ISouth Caradon(St.Cleer,l - IS. Carn Brea (Illo gan ) - S.Wheal Fran. (Illogau - Stray Park - 1 famar Silv.& Lead AL - T in Crott West Basset (Illogan) - W C, radon (Liskeard, - West Seton - Wheal Basset (Illogan) - Wheal Buller(Redruth) - Wheal Kitty (I/Lelant) - Wheal La(L ott - Wheal INI aryAnn ;Men ) - Wheal 3eton - Wheal Trelawney (Lis.), - Wheal Union. 4.3 0 3.1.0 2.6.9 10.0.7 18.18.P' ,30.17.6 2.0.6 tl 58i 3.17 1.14.6 3.4.0 8.13.01 6.16. r 8.12 4.18.0 2.8,6 PREPEREN Midland, Leicester and Hitch: North IStaffordshire, 22 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 91 San Paulo (lirn.), g - ua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 19} lIE S HARES, [n 4 per ct., 93 Cobre Copper, 341 BANKS. Ara and United Service (lim.), 142 1 3 40 4 Alliance (limo, 59 8 61 2 6)1 Ditto, new, 49 Anglo Austrian, 61 Australasia, 74 Ditto. new, 47 Bank of British Columbia, 11} 11 Bank of London. 176 Bank of utago, lim., 3/ Bank of New Zealand, 15/ Brazilian and Portuguese, lim.. 13 1 13 British and American Exchange (lim.), 33 43 39 41 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 591 City, 131 30 Consolidated Bank, lim., 11 East:London, lira., Ditto, new, 71 English and Irish, 1im.,z151 'European Bank, lim., 121 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 32131 D e r na p i i t a t o l , B n a e n w k , issued , g . 7 .2 pm., 141 15 Ditto, new, 241 4 Imperial Ottoman, 201 1 Land Mortgao.e Bank of India, Um, 5 ; 6 London Bank of Scotland, lim., 18 London and Brazilian aim.), 5 6i London, Birm., and S. Staffordshire, Um., 251 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 261 London and Colonial (lim.), 15 London and County, 611 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange Jim. 18 19 L ondon Joint St ock, 45 1 , , 1 1 London and Nortbern, lim. , 221 London and S outh African, 27 London and South-Western, 25 1 London and tl estminster, 94 Mercantile and Exchange lim., 191 eiropolitan and Provincial ank, lim 211 135 Mexican, lim., 6/ 6 National Provincial of England, Ditto, new, 441 Ditto, ditto, 31 MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company, 11 City Offices, Bin, 5 0 Commercial Union, Insurance, 81 Contract Corporation, lim., 44 Discount Corporation, 15:4 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, Jim., 51 E-glish and Australian Copper, 11 Financial Corporation, 5/ Fore -street Warehouse, lim., 6 Gen. Credit and Finance of .London, Jim., Hudson's Bay, Indian Carrying, Jim., i International Financial society, lim., 101 101 Joint Stock Discount, iim., 7 6a7f.; Land Securities, Um., 41 5 London Financial Association, lim,, 26/ London General Omnibus Company, 2f National Dhcount Company, lira., 13 I Nova Scotia Gold an d L an d , li m., 2 i 3 4 Peninsula and Oriental Stcam, tsh FOREIGN MINE& SHARE THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1864. Day. The Armstrong and Whitworth Trial, !been large, and, notw i t h standing the advance in the Bank rate of discount to nine per cent„ the biddings for all de scriptions have ruled active, at the full prices current at the close of last sales. Continental buyers have also been in good attendance, and these have made somewhat exten sive purchases, at very full prices. The private contract market is very moderately supplied with English wool, and and the trade is very firm. Buyers, however, appear dis posed, in consequence of the shortness of the supply as well as of the high price of money, to limit their transactions to the supply of their immediate wants. Current prices of English wool per lb. Fleeces —South Down hoggets 1 111 to 2 01 Half -bred do Kent fleeces South Down ewes & wethers 1 9 110 Leicester do. Sorts—Clothin g Combing . . TALLO W. The tallow trade is steady to-day, and prices are 9d per cwt. higher than on Monday last. P.Y.C. is quoted at 41s per cwt, on the spot; and town tallow at 3Ss 9d nott cash. Rough fat is selling at 2s 2d per Slbs. Particulars. 1850, 1861 I 1862. j 1863. 1864. —.- ---- ( -- Stock this aay.... 28,731 , 67,609 35.042 ' 40.6 2 50.050 ( —8 Od --s Oct —8 Od s Oct —s Od 1 5356 a to'sBs 08 to'46s3d to 43562 to 41ti 3d to Price of Y.C. .. Delivery last week 832 1,327 1,219 699 1,012 Ditto from June 1 7,760 78,015 115,171 75,ii3S 71,558 Arrivals last week 1 611 104 20 279 645 Ditto from June 1 930-5! 116,530 93,467 78,272 83,761 Price of Town .... 54 s 3d 678 3d 46s 6d 448 3 d 416 Od ) The competition for supremacy between these field-guns has now lasted a month, each week of which has given varying results with regard to excellency, though none of them of such a conclusive kind as would warrant even the most experienced in pronouncing an opinicn as to the ulti mate success of either. We say "either," for though three guns are in the field—the Armstrong shunt-gun, the Armstrong breech-loader, and the Whi:worth—yet the varying equality of the competition we have spoken of must be understood to refer only to the performances of the shunt-gun and the Whitworth, The breech-loader is e. good gun, and most especially is it good in its shell practice, a missile which it was only made to fire, But, beyond its shell practice, it is deficient in a thousand minor points, not much, perhaps, when stated singly, but formidable in the aggregate to either Sir William's shunt-gun or the hexagon of Mr. Whitworth. Out of this country, where the science of artillery practice is carried to a pitch of perfection which is apparently, to judge from the make of their ordnance, not even attempted by other nations, the breech-loader would no doubt be thought a perfect weapon. But, side by side with such severe staneards of excellence as Sir William's shunt gun and Mr, Whitworth's hexagon, what were before thought to be minor imperfections are now, with stern jus tice, measured as radical defects, and it is not too much to say that the breech-loader is looked upon by all virtually out of the contest: It now turns only on the comparative merits of the shunt and the Whitworth. Thus, then, whatever may be the result of the trials as regards the supremacy of the Armstrong shunt-gun or the Whitworth, the competi tion has not been made in vain. Already the country has gained an immense advantage by the incontestable proof thus afforded that the gun with which our batteries in the field are now armed is not the best that can be got. Such an all-important truth is well worth a little cost and trouble to elicit, and we know now beyond all doubt that, whatever may be the result of Mr. Whitworth's claims, Sir William Armstrong himself has in the shunt gun invented a very much fitter piece of ordnance than that on which our troops are now depending in the use of the breech -loader. The literal market value of such a result can scarcely be over estimated. It now, therefore, only remains to be proved which of the two conquerors of the breech-loader, the Arm strong shunt-gun or the Whitworth, is the better piece, and whenever this result is definitively ascertained the country may rest content in the assurance that they possess an artil lery which, until it is copied, will be without an equal in the world. In the present state of this competition we cannot venture on even a surmise as to which of the two will prove the victor; but we can say confidently that the time is fast approaching when the most momentous question at , issue between the two ordnance—that of endurance—will be decided one way or the other. Nino hundred and ninety-two rounds have already been fired from each gun, and each now gives the signs of wear which may or may not be developed into alarming weakness at any inoment.,More than this,in the absence of strictly reliable information, and with the intense party feeling which prevails among the supporters of each gun at Shoebury, it would be unwise to say. We must add, however, that both Sir William and Mr. Whitworth disre gard these defects as comparatively trivial, and that, on the other hand, the committee did not quite agree in this opin ion, or, at all events, as a prudent measure, have determined after the thousandth round, which will be fired today, to treat them as unproved guns and fire them with a long lan yard while the gunners are under shelter, The mere fact of such precautions being taken is an evidence of the begin ning of the end—an end which would terminate the whole controversy if it took place with the big guns, but which we must be careful not to regard as final with these small ones. The principle of strength, rifling, and construction which answers for a large gun will, as a mathematical certainty, answer for a small one, but as an almost invariable rule what does for a small gun will not do for a large one. The great question, therefore, of destructiveness, length of range, accuracy, and endurance will be tested quite irrespective of the results of these field-pieces. It will be the trials of the large guns which will form the court of final appeal, As far as they have yet been gone through, the trials embrace almost every kind of performance which could be exacted from a gun in active service, with very many which the utmost exigencies of a rough campaign would rarely call forth. For range at various degrees of elevation the tests have proc ee d e d up to ten degrees, at which Mr. Whitworth's gun th rew its shot on an average 350 yards further than the s h unt. This may see m a trifling differ ence at 4,000 yards, or nearly two and a half miles—a range at which an engagement with such light guns would be quite impossible. It must not, however, be forgotten that if at two miles an d a half there is an advantage to Mr, Whitworth of 350 yards, at 20 degrees elevation, or his superiority wou ld amount to n ear l y four milcs' range, half a mile of increased range, and increased range as re gards the shot is greater penetration and more direct flight, which is, in other words, a lower trajectory or flatter curve as it drops from the muzzle of the gun to the earth. As a set-off against this we must bear in mind that Sir William's shunt gun has been found to be sighted too low and Mr. Whitworth's too high; and, tho ug h th e diff e rence i s f ar t oo minute to affect th e results at 4,000 yards, it might make a material change in the question of flat trajectory at 400. In fact, from the tests made of initial velocity, or the speed at which the shots leave the gun's muzzle, it has been proved that the actual velocity is higher with Sir William's shunt gun than with Mr. Whit worth's. At 800 yards, however, Mr. Whitworth's shot is c l ose upon Sir William ' s, and at 1,000 or 1,100 yards is, no doubt, equal with it in rapidity. W e only mention this fact of initial velocity to show that on the question of flat trajectories Sir William's shunt gun Whit worth's. But flat traject or i es, or, to speak in plain Eng lish,P to 1,100 y ar d s th a n Mr. Whit low zit n ateibe is lines at r not a flight e of i w t shot from the gun's muzzle, are only v angles of the gun it se lf—th a t i s , w h en its m much of ch elevated, and the shot therefore its e a ur fl , a zt t ll r i toc much n ranges th ro ughout thegreat er part of its course across a field at about the height of a m an. At high elevation of the gn a high and a l ow tranjeetory is a difference of 100 or 200 yards abode the ground, the l ow t ra j ec t or y th a t passes at 100 yards is in practic e as va l ue l ess as t h e high trajectory which passes at 200, for i n b ot h cases t h e s h ots diffe rencen when between a great range has t o b e reached, and the en are not more noisy and quite as harmless as the idle wind. But at low elevations of the gun a low Lajectory is valuable in practiu, and is a result which all scientific gunners and inventors of guns strive hard to obtain, for, as a rule which never varies, the lowest tra jectory at all ranges i s t h e truest gun—that is, it is the gun t h at sends its shot longest in the straightest line. The test of initial velocity proves that Sir William's shunt - Ften has th e l owest trajeo tory up to 1,000 yards, and the increased range gained by Ms Whitworth at 4,000 yards proves that h e k eeps not the the i ‘Pui lowest throughout, but a low tra jectory for the l ongest t i me. Last week trials were made at stockades, veryew z similar in . Thesetheir a tripowerls provedofresistance h no t to n g worthy or r " ecording, If meant in New to show that men under cover of the stockade could be killed, the targets were placed much too close to th e 15 inches of they all passed th roug h before which the sh e ll s were fired green elm whi c h f orme d the stockade to di s pl ay the effect of the shell on bur s ti ng inside them. If it was meant to destroy were the much large, charges es with burst ing. Tho whol e t r i a l was , in short, one whi c h h a d evidently been discovered among the red-tape archives re l at i ng to the tests of smooth-b ore ar tillery, for as a test of r ifl ed ordnance it was alm,st wor thl ess . The charges o f powder were either very much too great for such obstacles, or the ob stacles themselves were very much too great. The moat interesting trial was made with targets representing regi ments of infantry in quarter-distance column. Each gun, the shunt, the breach-loader, and the Whitworth, had a series of targets to itself. These targets were of 2-inch deal, and for each gun presented a front of 64 feet wide, and behind each front lino of 54 feet were placed five similiar targets, at intervals of 15 feet apart. They were, in fact, placed for each gun so as to present exactly the same formation in width and depth of a regiment of in fantry, moving, as they almost always do move, from point to point, when in action in quarter-distance column. The targets, however, were nine feet high instead of five, as a regiment at 450 yards, which was the range for the guns to practice at, would have appeared to artillerymen. The firing was expected to be made with case shot; but Mr Whitworth preferred either percussion or time shell, for refs sons which we shall presently endeavour to explain. The practice with all the guns was good, except in the case of the breech-loader, for the shortcomings of which very plau sible reasons were given as to wrong sighting, with which, however, we have nothing to do, merely confining our re cords to results accomplished. Both the Armstrongs ,fired with segment shell and con cussion /fuses; the Whitworth with shrapnel shell and time fuses, On each series of targets the following results were produced with five rounds from the three guns. With the Armstrong shunt-gun there were through the six tar gets, from first to last, 551 distinct perforations ;and 682 places in which either fragments of the shells had lodged or deeply indented the wood, making 1,273 marks in all. With the Armstrong breech- loader there were 338 perfora tions and 368 places in which the fragments had either struck or lodged, making 706 marks in all. With the Whit• worth there were 524 perforations and 132 places in which either the shrapnel bullets had struck or lodged, making 656 marks in all. In addition to these marks Sir William had opposite the targets opposed to his shunt-gun three ragged holes—one 10 inches by 9 inches, one 14 inches by 12 inches, and one 15 inches by 5, so that in destructive effect the victory of the Armstrong shunt is here so pre eminent as to require no further comment, On Friday morning last the same trials were continued with the same targets to find the number of men which each gun would kill in five rounds—the result to be ascertained after the firing was over by forming up soldiers in line in front of each target, and then counting the perforations only which had been made in the wood behind every man. This test gave the shunt•gun a total of 108 men killed, to the breech loader's 118 men killed, and to the Whitworth 89 men killed, in this case, also, very plausible reasons are alleged to account for the Whitworth shells killing in theory fewer than the other, but we can no more enter into these excuses than Sir William's explanations why Whitwor th beats him in range, or why his breech loader shot badly at the tile' we have mentioned. These tests, we have said, ought to have - been made with case shot, but Mr. Whitworth did not wish to use it, and preferred his time-fuzee shells. Case shot is a mere thin cylinder filled with musket balls, and stopped at each end with a wooden wad. This cylinder instantly breaks on leaving the gun, and the balls, spreading into a circle, tell with murderous effect upon men at 400 and 500 yards, and from the shape of Mr. Whitworth's hexagon rifling it is said he cannot use this missile with effect. Such a deficiency —if it really exists—is not of serious moment; but still it would be a deficiency, and as such, no doubt, recorded against the gun. Using time fuzes at such a range as 450 yards appeared to be objectionable. In time fuzes a mis calculation of the time of bursting, even such an infinitesi mal miscalculation as 1-10th of a second would be sufficient to make the shell burst 40 yards too soon or too late. When such fractional nicety is required it is like expecting im possibilities to suppose that men in the hurry and hot blood of action, with the enemy as close upon them as 450 yards, would be able to cut fuzees with such minute accuracy as to allow for 10the of seconds in over varying distances. How it would be in action with no previous knowledge of the ranges was shown on Friday at Shoeburyness, where, with perfect knowledge of the range, with ample time, the most scrupulous care, and every scientific adjunct required to insure success, only one shell out of five burst precisely where it was wanted, right in front of the targets. In mak ing these remarks we wish most carefully to guard ourselves from being supposed to advance anything against either the principle or efficiency of Mr. Whitworth's time shell, of which it is not too much to say that it is the most perfect missile of the kind ever invented. The percussion shell of the Whitworth gun is far inferior to it, and, as compared with the general efficiency of Sir William's percussion shell may be pronounced almost a failure. As yet it has effected so little that on every occasion he can do so Mr. Whitworth prefers to use his time shell, and with very good reason, After the trials at these targets were over, another test of endurance was made by firing 50 rounds of shot from each gun, which were then left to cool, and impressions taken of their interiors to show wear and tear of bore. It is only necessary to say that these impressions proved that the guns are wearing, though we are not yet in possession of such authentic information as to state which has worn most. In our account of the experiments made at Shoeburyness on Friday the merit of Captain Palliser's plan of fastening armour-bolts was inadvertently ascribed to his brother. The praise is due to Captain William Palliser, of the 18th Hussars. MAR: MARK-LANE. The demand for wheat in the country markets held on Saturday was by no means active. Holders, however, were firm, and previous quotations were well supported. The trade for spring corn and four was quiet, on former terms. On the Continent the corn trade continues dull ; and at New York, with a very limited export inquiry, both wheat and four have considerably declined in value. The arrivals of English grain up to our markets last week were moderate. The imports from abroad amounted to 6,496 quarters of wheat, 2,337 barley, 15,685 oats, 855 beans, 1,574 peas, 513 tares, 5,805 linseed, 7,730 oilseeds, 600 sundry seeds, 435 sacks, and 12,423 barrels of sour. Compared with Monday last there was a considerable falling off in the show of samples of English wheat on the stands today; but the condition of the produce was tole rably good. The trade opened with firmness, both Kent and Essex qualities being held at an advance of is per quarter. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat —Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 3Ga to 41s Ditto, old —B —s Ditto, white, 1863 4ls 46a Ditto, old —s —s Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —8 Ditto, 1863 Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding Malting* 248 378 Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6os 66s Brown Kingstown and Ware 6os 668 Chevalier 66s 68s Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding lBs 23s Potato Youghal and Cork, black lss 23s Cork, white l6s 23s Scotch, Feeding l9B 23s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey. .. 2Bs 3 8 Maple 3ls 348 White 33s 368 Boilers 33s 368 Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 2Bs 308 Stockton and Norfolk. ...... American, per barrel 194 25s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a full average supply of foreign beasts on offer in market to-day ; but the numoer of foreign sheep was only moderate. Sales progressed slowly on rather lower terms. The arrivals of beasts put up from our own grazing districts, as well as from Scotland, were seasonably exten sive. English breeds came to hand in but middling condi tion, but the stock from Scotland was very prime. The receipts from Ireland were limited. For all breeds the demand was heavy, at a decline in the quotations compared with Monday last, of 2d per Sibs, and a total clearance was not effected. The best Scots and crosses sold at from 4s to 6d to 4s 8d per Blbs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgshire we received 2,300 crosses; from other parts of England 800 various breeds; from Scotland 431 Scots and Crosses; and from Ireland 120 oxen and heifers. We wore but moderately supplied with sheep, but their general quality was good, The mutton trade ruled arm at fully last week's currency. : Downs, out of the wool, pro duced 58 per Blbs. The few woolled sheep on offer sold readily at high prices, the top figure being 6s 4d per Blbs. Lambs were in fair supply and steady request, at late rates—vis., from 6s 4d to 7s 4d per 81bs. About 600 carne to hand from the Isle of Wight. Calves moved off slowly on former terms, The top price was 5s 4d per Blbs, We have to report a dull inquiry for pigs, at last Week's quotations. Per 81bs.to s s. d. a. d. s. d. s. d Crse. &inf. beasts 3 2 3 6 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 6 4 8 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Pine. S' thdown d 0.4 10 5 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4 Largo 'arse. calves 4 4 5 0 Prime Scots, & - c. 4 6 4 8 Prime small do 5 2 5 4 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 3 10 Largo hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 40 4 4 Small porkers 42 4 6 Lambs....6s 4d to 7s 4d. Suckling calves, 16s to 23s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 25s each. ink the offal. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Cows — Sheep and lambs .... 3,010 I Sheep and lambs 22,640 Calves - Calves l5O i Pigs Pigs 4BO The total imports of foreign stocx into London, last week, amounted to 7,807 head. In the corresponding week in 1863, we received 6,lol—in 1862, 1,537—in 1861, 5,306 —in 1860, 5,959—in 1859, 2,487—in 1858, 2,581 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAsl WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam .... 689 .. 294 .., 28 .. 465 .. 356 Harlingen .... 740 .. 114 .. 16 .. Hamburg .... 166 .. 3231 .. -- .., .. 308 Amsterdam.... .. Boulogne."... .. Bremen/ .. 77 .. .. .. • . Dordt.. 8 .. 175 .. 69 .. 1 •. Nieu Diep .... .. Antwerp. -- •• Ostend ...... ... 74 .. Calais — .. Oporto .. • . .. Dunkirk 5O .. ••• • 4 - .. - .. 7 *a 2 .. 2 .. 23 .. _ .. - .. - .. 14' --- .. --- .. -- •• 80 .. - .. - .. 384 Total .... 1694 .. 3896 .. 99 .. 512 ..1606 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1863 903 ~ 4,468 .. 265 .. 477 .. 48 1862 .. 128 .. 953 .. 79 .. 277 .. 100 1861 498 .. 4,207 .. 210 .. 206 .. 185 1860 1859 227 .. 2,048 .. 37 .. 180 .. 1858 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, May 11, 1863, and this day, Monday, May, 9, 1864, Per Sib. to sink the offal. May 11, 1863. Coarse and inferior beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 Second quality do Prime large oxen Prime Scots, &a 4 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do 4 4 4 6 Prime Southdown do. Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs.. 370 SUPPLIES ON SALE, May 12, 1862.—8 sheep and lambs, 24,680—calves, 125—pigs, MA:r 13, 18 61.—Beasts, 4,4 Bo—sheep, 2 111—pigs, 360. May 9, 1864. 3 2to 3 6 38 4 0 42 4 4 46 4 8 3 6 310 40 4 4 46 4 8 410 6 0 64 7 4 44 5 0 52 5 4 36 4 0 4 2 4 6, 5,270 25,820 209 480 casts, 4,030 I,9Bo—calves, NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Theso markets are moderal In most descriptions a fair aN Per Sib, by tely Eupplied with meat to-day. rerage business is doing, at our the carcase. stl ad Inferior beef .. 2 8 3 0 Middling do. .. 3 2 3 6 Prime large do. 3 8 3 10 Do. small d 0... 4 0 4 2 Large pork .... 3 0 3 10 Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 10 d s 6 Middling mutton 4 0 4 4 Prime do .. 4 6 4 8 Vaal . 3 10 4 10 Small pork .. 4 0 4 6 Lamb BOROUGH HOP. Our market is very moderately supplied with English hops, For good and tine parcels there is a moderate inquiry, at full prices; otherwise, the trade is dull, and the quota tions have a downward tendency. Last week's import was —5O bales from New York, 111 from Boston, and 19 from Hamburg. Mid and East Rents.. £5 Os to £9 108 per cwt. Weald of Rents 5 Os to 7 78 ~ Susses 4 15s to 6 158 „ Yearlings 3 Os to 5 Os Bavarian 5 5 s to 8 8s ~ Belgian BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The arrivals of home grown potatoes to these markets continue on an extensive scale, but the general quality is by no means satisfactory. Good and prime samples are in moderate request, at our quotations; otherwise the trade is very dull. Since we last wrote a few parcels have arrived from Germany and Portugal. Yorkshire Regents 45s to (15s per ton. FlukesMs to 608 „ Rocks Perth, Forfar, and Fife Regents 358 to 558 „ Rocks .............. 358 to 408 „ Kent and Essex Regents ...... 554t0 65s „ SEEDS. There was a dull inquiry for cloverseed, and the quota tions were almost nominal. Linseed and rapeseed were in slow request, and prices had a downward tendency. Other seeds commanded a fair business on former terms. The transactions in cakes have been on a limited scale, yet no change took place in the cur ' Turnip,White,p.bus.lls to 14s Swede —s -s Mustard, Brown lO3 13s White, Tares, Spring....4s Od 48 6d Old per quarter - s —s Canary, per quarter 52a s Rye grass, new 22s 24s Clover, Red Eng,., et 42s 7te White Foreign lied 4os 48s White 5lB 688 Trefoil, new 22s 27s .6n cies. Carraway 22s 26s Coriander l2l 16s Hempseed, per qr 14s 46s Liuseed,Eng.sowing 76s 78s Crushing 538 68s Baltic —s -3 Odessa —s —5 Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English Foreign £9los £lO Rape Cakes,p ton.£6 Os £6 Os Rapeseed, new,pr qr 62s 65s WOOL. The second series of public sales of colonial wool for the year commenced on Thursday last. The arrivals since the close of last sale amount to 103,763 bales, consisting of From N. S. Wales and Queensland 16,281 bales. „ Victoria 46,958 „ Tasmania .......... 1,588 „ South Australia .......... 16,470 „ ~ West Australia .......... 2,079 „ „ New Zealand ............ 8,864 ~ Caff pe Total 103,764 bales. The attendance of home buyers up to the present time has Central Criminal Court—This Day, The May Sessions of the Central Criminal Court com menced this morning at the Sessions House, Old Bailey, before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, and other civic authorities. The calendar consists of a list of 84 prisoners for trial. The Grand Jury having been sworn, The Recerder, in delivering his charge, said be was happy to inform them that the calendar did not contain a very large list of prisoners for trial; and that none of the cases were of a very serious nature. There was a case in which a man had been committed for trial for unlaw fully wounding, but since that the person who had been wounded had died, and the case would be presented before them as one of manslaughter; and if they were satisfied that the death was occasioned by the wound, it would be their duty to return a true bill. There was also another case of manslaughter, in which a person who prac tised and represented himsel as a surgeon, not being duly qualified, was charged with having caused the death of the deceased for want of proper knowledge and skill, and gross ignorance. It appeared that ho had operated on the deceased for a ease of the hip joint, from the effects of which he died. If they were satisfied that the prisoner was not a practical and properly qualified surgeon, and death ensued from his want of skill, it would be their duty to return a trus bill. Having referred to a ease in which a person was charged with an attempt at rape en a young girl, the Re corder said the only other case he thought it necessary to make any observation on was 'a case in which two boys were charged with arson in setting fire to chattels in a dwel ling house. It appeared the prisoners had put some lighted paper in the letter box at the prosecutor's house, and set fire to a number of letters. When the fire was discovered it was found that the lighted paper put into the box was part of an old newspaper, the other portions of which had been traced to have been in possession of the prisoner. The jury would have all the facts before them, and if the evidence showed a prima facie case against the prisoner, it would be their duty to send the case for further enquiry before the petit jury. There was no other case in which would be necessary to make any observations, and hewoul . therefore at once dismiss them to their duties. The Grand Jury having retired, A common jury was sworn, and the Court proceeded with the trial of cases standing over from last session. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH STREET. ALLEGED ROBBERY IN A CAB,—Margaret Mills, an unfortunate, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing from the person of Mr. James O'Brien, of 25, Newman street, Oxford-street, a leather bag containing £27 10s. in gold. The prosecutor said that about twelve the previous night he met the prisoner in Oxford-street, and get into a cab and went with her as far as Holborn-hill, when they got out and got into another cab, telling the driver to proceed to the Marble Arch. On reaching Marylebone-lane, the prisoner got out and wanted to get away, and this caused him to suspect something, and putting his hand into his trowsers' pocket he missed a leather bag containing £27 10s, whioh ho felt was safe in his pocket when he first met the prisoner. He then called a constable and gave the prisoner in charge. Mr Knox asked the prosecutor whether he was quite sober. The prosecutor said he had been to two publichouses, and at one he had some stout and ale, and at the other some brandy, Tho prisoner said she did not remember anything, as she had been drinking. She did not take the ,prosecutor's money. Job Elliott, 355 D, said the prosecutor was the worse for drink, but the prisoner was quite sober. The prosecutor charged the prisoner with stealing his bag and money, and said she had run down a court. Mr Knox asked what money was found on the prisoner, and the constable said only Bs. 6d. The prisoner said the prosecutor gave her that, which ho did not deny. Mr Knox said it was just possible the prosecutor might have dropped the bag in the cab. He could not detain the prisoner on the evidence, but he would advise the prose. cutor to go to the Lost Property Office at Scotland-yard and give information that the cabman might, if possible be traced. The prosecutor had lost his money by his own folly, but tho police would try and help him to recover it. Barns, the gaoler, said the prisoner could be found at any time if she was wanted. The prisoner was then discharged. VIOLENT ASSAULT ON ♦ WuN.—Henry Vincent, of 8, Husband-street, a sweep, was charged with violently as saulting his wife Mary, by striking her on the head with a Loosley, 46 C, said that at one o'clock yesterday morning he was called to No. 8, Husband-street, where he found the prisoner's wife smothered with blood, and unable to see, He took her to the Middlesex Hospital, where she had her head dressed. She was unable to attend that morning. In answer to Mr. Knox, the constable said the wife told him that her husband cut her head open with a can, while the prisoner said it was done with his fist. The poor woman, who was very ill, told him that she did not like to appear against the prisoner, who had assaulted her before, as, if he were sent to prison, she would have to go to the workhouse. He believed the wife was frightened to appear. The prisoner said he had been out drinking comfortably with his wife, and ho did not know what caused them to fall out, but ho believed she threw some water on him. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner. THAMES. ROBIERY AND DIULYNXENNES3 ON BOARD SHIP,— Thomas Powell, a labourer, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing sherry and ale on board the ship Regina, in the East India Dock, and being drunk on board The case was a very extraordinary one. Yesterday (Sunday) evening, half-past 8 o'clock, a dock watchman, named Martin, saw a woman, a man, and 4 children coming along the west quay of the East India dock. They were all drunk, and reeling about. One of the children fell down and was senseless for some time. The party were taken to the dock watchhouse, and one of the women turned out to be the prisoner's wifo, the man his brother, and the intoxicated little ones were his cffspring. Clarke, a dock eon stable,went on board the ship,in the dock, and found prisoner lying under the cabin table dead drunk, On searching the Business don« 59¢ 101/ 21 1031 2f Si 21 195 • 190 8 5 71 lazarette under the cabin a chisel was found on the top of a cask of sherry in bottles, and there was a bottle of sherry with the neck off, on the top of another cask containing bottles of ale. There were 7 bottles of ale gone out of one cask, and nine bottles of sherry missing from another. The place was in great confusion, and the cabin smelt of sherry and ale. The prisoner had been on board the Regina at work for some time, and he was left on board yesterday in the absence of the captain and mates to take care of the ship and stores, The chisel found in the lazarette was taken from the third mate's bunk. Mr. Paget sentenced the prisoner to one months' im prisonment and hard labour. SECOND EDITION. UN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, LATEST CITY AND WEST-END BETTING There WAS considerable business done upon the Derby this morning, and Cambuscan and Paris were in great force. Birchbroom looked like receding, and there were people anxious to lay. The following is a list of actual business done : THE GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Major (offered) 100 to 15 agst Wingrave (taken) Bto 1 agat Dr. Itooke (taken) 8 to 1 agst Guerilla Bto 1 agst Trust Bto 1 agst Greville Bto 1 agst Caller Ou 10 to 1 agat Limosina 12 to 1 agat Fontenoy 15 to 1 agst King Charming 15 to 1 agst Greenland 15 to 1 agst Vacuna colt THE DERBY. 6to 1 agst General Peel (cffered) 7to 1 agst Scottish Chief Bto 1 agst Cambuscan (taken freely) 100 to 7 agst Birchbroom (offered) Hto 1 agst Paris (taken freely) 100 to 7 agst Coastguard 15 to 1 agat Prihce Arthur 15 to 1 agat Historian 25 to 1 agst Ely 25 to 1 agat Forager 25 to 1 agst Blair Athol 26 to 1 agst Baragah (taken freely) THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. TATTERSALL'S—This Evening, GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Major (taken) sto 1 agst Wingrave (take G to 1) Bto 1 agst Trust (taken) 9to 1 agst Guerilla (taken) 10 to 1 agst Dr. Rooke (taken) 12 to 1 agst East Lancashire (taken) 100 to 7 agst Alice (taken) THE DERBY. 6to 1 agat General Peel (taken) Bto 1 agst Scottish Chief (taken) Bto 1 agst Cambuscan (takes) 11 to 1 agat Birchbroom (taken) 13jto 1 agst Paris (taken and offered) 14 to 1 agst Coastguard (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agat Prince Arthur (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Ely (taken) 20 to 1 agat Baragah (taken) 20 to 1 agst Historian (offered) 25 to 1 agst Blair Athol (offered) 40 to 1 agst Hollyfox (taken) 000 to 8 agst Teddy (taken) 60 to 1 agst Idler (taken and offered) 60 to 1 agst Valiant (taken) 66 to 1 agst Major (taken) ARRIVALS AT YORK. Greville, Vacuna colt, My Mary, The Clown, Little Stag, Guerilla, Lady Marian, Eastminster, Limosina, Capuoine filly, Rondoletia, Alice, Tabitha Bramble, Vanessa, Trust, Jig, Spring Gun, King Alfred, Dr. Rooke, Donne Canne, Flit tation, King Charming, Clarior, Sister to Ascham, War Whoop, Dawdler, Venus, Windham, Josephine, Skyrocket, Similitude, Monk, Bandarilla, Amazonian, Cutaway, Guimaiwe, and Laomedon. AQUATIC S, Biffen and Mislay for £5O a-side. This match came off this afternoon on the usual course from Putney to Mortlake. The start took place at half-past four o'clock. Kilsby, having won the inside station, took the lead, and off Simmons' was quite clear. He increased the lead to four lengths, when he arrived at Hammersmith bridge, and won easily by,two lengths. Kilsby was piloted by his brother—Biffin was taken up by J. Phelps. The time was 26 minutes 20 seconds The betting at starting was 2 to 1 on Biffin, with very !ew takers. IXPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OP LORDS—Tlais Evening. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE DANO-QERMAN WAR-A SUSPENSION OF ARMS AGREED TO. The Earl of CARNARVON stated that when he gave notice that he would this evening draw attention to the Danish Question, he anticipated that the Conference was practically at an end. He now understo d that an armistice had been agreed upon, the terms of which had been ac• cepted by Lord Palmerston as satisfactory. If that was true ha would withdraw his notice for this evening. The noble earl then asked the noble earl, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, if he could state what had really been agreed upon. - Earl RUSSELL said that the Conference to-day had agreed to the suspension of hostilities between Austria and Prussia on the one side, and Denmark on the other. The terms upon which this was done was that each party was to preserve its own positions both by sea and land, and the blockade to be raiz:d. The suspension of hostilities was to continue for one month. The conference would meet again on Thursday. The Earl of CARNARVON asked if there was any fur ther information on the subject. Earl RUSSELL said the question was between the sus pension of arms and an armistice, and the German Powers were ready to agree to an arrangement by which Jutland would be evacuated by the Germans, the Isle of Alsen being evacuated by Denmark ; but the Danish Govern vernment preferred a simple suspension of arms, each power retaining its own position. The Earl of CARNARVON said under such circum stances he should of course postpone proceeding with his motion, but he could not refrain from remarking that Den mark by her extraordinary bravery had entitled herself to the sympathy of Europe. (Loud cries of "hear, hear.") The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH asked if the noble earl could state the exact day upon which the suspension of arms was to commence. Earl RUSSELL replied on the 12th of the present month. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead Gas Bill was read a second time. The Phernix Gas, Wandsworth Bridge, North-Eastern Railway (tUicklefield Branch), Salisbury Railway and Market House. Liandloes and Newton Railway, Andover and Chilton Pond Road, and London Docks, Victoria Docks, and St. K a th ar i ne ' s D ocks Amalgamation Bills were read a third time and passe , . THE WHITSUNTIDE RECESS. Earl GRANVILE stated that at the rising of the house on Fridday next, he should move the adjournment of the house for the Whiduntide holidays, until Monday the 23d. Lord STRATIIEDEN then POLAND moved that, in the opinion of this house, the correspondence of her Majesty's Govern ment with the Cabinet of Saint Petersburg on the Polish question has not as yet reached a satisfactory conclusion. [LEFT SVEAYING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—This Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Bolton Improvement—Brokers' Bonds and Rents—Clay ton, Allerton, and Thornton Gas—Commercial Docks and Grand Surrey Docks and Canal—Kilkenny Cathedral Economy Fund—Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance and Globe Insurance Companies—North British Railway (Perth Branch)—Sevenoaks, Maidstone, and Tun bridge Railway—and Sunningdale and Cambridge Town Railway. GRIEVANCES OF INDIAN OFFICERS. Captain JEItVIS asked the Secretary of State for India when he would lay upon the table of the house the pro posed plan for redressing the grievances of the officers of the Indian army. Sir C. WOOD said there was necessarily delay in making a report on this subject, as their were several minute de tails to be carefully considered, However, the moment the details were ready he would lay a report on the table of the house. ---- th e e " y t ear f ' of State Mr. DODSON asked the SecretaryUnderr to the foro Foreign Affairs when the returns relating agencies for COST OF EMBASSIES &c. embassies, missions, and political answer to ' the 1 t of March, 1863, in the address of ending s Ist June, would be presented. took Mr LAYARD said the returns a long time in pre . were now ready, and would be laid on the pre paration, but they table in the course of the week. ENDOWED SCHOOLS. Mr. MITFORD asked the Vice Presidenrof the Com mittee of Council on ch E ducation, if the m i nutes of May were 13th, t o be 1863, withdrawn. and Mar 11tb, 1864, on Endo we d S c h ools, Mr. BRUCE said that the Government was placed in rather an anomalous position in regard to those minutes, and was about to make a statement, but was interrupted by Lord J. MANNERS, who said that it would not be right if the right hon. gentleman proceeded with this line et observation at the present lime. Mr. BRUCE said he woud ask the hon. member (Mr. Mitford) to postpone his motion until the minutes were ready to be laid on the table, which would be on the 30th of June, by which time the Government would be able to understand how the present system worked, when the discussion uld be brought on with advantage. Mr, MITFORD—And the minutes ? Mr. BRUCE—Certainly not. Mr. ADDERLEY expressed a hope that Government would give him a fortnight's notice before the subject ws.4 brought forward. Mr. BRUCE answered in the affirmative. HONG KONG ORDINANCES. Colonel SYKES asked the Attorney-General, to which of the Hong Kong ordinances of January, 1855, " To en force neutrality during the contest now existing in China," his answer to the member for South Northumberland was intended to apply, that of the 15th January, 1855, or that of the 17th January, 1855, or to both. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that it refored to the earlier ordinance. ARMY RIZES. Colonel NORTH asked the Under Secretary of State for War whether the Royal Commission upon Army Prize had made its report; and, if so, when it would be placed upon. the table of the house ? Mr. PEEL said that the report had been received, ar4 would be shortly laid on the table. THE CONFERENCE. In reply to Mr. 1-loPwoon, Sir G. GREY said that, as he had stated on a previous occasion, that the Conference had been sitting up to Thurs day last. He could now inform the house that an armis tice for a month had been agreed to. PUNISHMENT FOR VAGRANCY. Mr. HUNT drew attention to the case of a poor woman and her two children, who had been sentenced to three weeks' imprisonment for having been found sleeping in a tent. He wished to know if the right hon. gentleman, the Secretary of State for the Home Department had had hia attention directed to the matter. Sir G. GREY replied in the negative, and said he would direct an inquiry into the subject. INSPECTORS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, In reply to Sir J. PAKINGTON, Sir G. GREY said the motion on this subject would be brought on next Thursday. POLAND. Sir G. GREY said that if the hon. member (Mr. Hen nessy) would postpone his motion relative to Poland, b e guaranteed on the part of Government that an opportunity would be afforded of bringing it on on the 19th inst. ARMISICE. Mr. D. GRIFFITH T inquired if the right hon. baronet (Sir G. Grey) could inform the house of the terms of the armistice. Sir G. GREY said he was unable to communicate the terms, but there could be no difficulty in ascertaing their nature. Mr. DISRAELI said that he was surprised at the answer given by the right hon. baronet (Sir G. Grey), and that any parties should be earlier informed of the terms of the armis tice. Sir G. GREY said that he had given all the information he possessed, to the effect that hostilities had been sus pended for a month. He did not know what were the terms. DEFEAT OF THE AUSTRIANS IN A NAVAL ENGAGEMENT IN THE NORTH SEA. Mr. B. OSBORNE asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he had received any in formation as to the defeat of the Austrians by the Danes on the coast of Heligoland. (Hear, hear.) Sir G. GREY said that he had received a telegram to the effect that an engagemen had taken place between some Austrian and Danish vessels, in which the former were defeated. (Cheers and counter cheers, which lasted some time. We understand that one of the vessels had been maimed, and that another had been obliged to put into Heligoland to be repaired. (I EFT SITTIN 0.) FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 7 o'CLocK. NAVAL ENGAGEMENT OFF HELIGOLAND. A telegram has been received at the Colonial office to the effect that at two o'clock p.m. on Sun day there was a naval engagement, six miles east o Heligoland,between three Austrian frigates and thre gunboats and three Danish frigates and one cor vette. A later telegram announces that the Danes were victorious; that an Austrian frigate was in flames, and the other frigates, with the gunboats, were making for Heligoland. The Aurora was there. SPORTING NOTES. Although all the sporting writers failed to predict the winner of the Chester Cup, after having selected all the favourites, besides several others, to beat the field, it affords me great gratification that my only selected, Little Stag, ob tained the second situation. He was at 12 to 1 last Mon day, when my letter appeared in 7h. Sun, so that those who backed him to win and for a place cannot complain of my advice. It is most absurd for handicappers to give old horses the same weight as three-year-olds. The York Spring Meeting commences to-morrow. For the Craven Stakes Little Stag has only to put in an ap pearance to carry it off. In his absence, either Antoinette or Donnybrook will win. The Great Northern Handicap will likely be contested by a large field. King Charming, one of the dead-heaters for the Metropolitan, I do not ez. pect will see the starter. Major, the other dead-heater, will nearly win. Wingrave, from his running with Stradella and Isoline, must be very dangerous. East Lanca shire, from his forward position in the Chester Cup, is bound to run well. Fontenoy, it is said, will not stay the distance, but I have a different opinion, and think if he does not win he is almost certain to get a place, Greville is another that must not be despised. Guerilla is a good sound horse, but I expect Wingrave will beat hint again. Dr. Rooke is a great good-looking colt, with fine speed, and if he can stay the course, he will nearly win, The winner, I expect, will turn up in either Wingrave, Major, or East Lancashire. The Flying Dutchman's Handicap will be only a canter for Little Stag. A FRESH MAN. SHIPPING-THIS DAY. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAM. GRASESIIND Monday Morning. Arrived, May B—Visserie from Worcum—Rol an d, f rom Andsund—Mentor, from Vorcum. Arrived, May 9—William, from Ystad—Agnes Fraser, from Seville—Omen, from Dantsic. DEAL, Mony Morning. Passed—Conclops f or Bombay—Jane, for Algoa Bay— Candidate, for Barbadoes—all from London—Austrian gunboat Seehund, from Gravesend, for the Downs, after pairing. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL.— Handers great choral work, "Israel in Egypt," will be performed for the last time this season on Friday next, the 13th inst. Madame Parepa, Miss Banks, Madame Sainton- Dolby, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. Santley will be the principal vocalists, The Patrie and the Constitutionnel have recently made great fun of the war articles of our ministerial con temporaries, the Patrie exclaiming, a night or two since, after quoting the Post, " Here is England marehblg again —in the columns of a new s p a p er . H ow many campaigns of the kind have not our w or thy ne i g hbours carried on for some time past." Two Austrian men-of-w a r left B rest on Saturday for the North to join the Austrian squad PLEASANT !—" Colonel," said Butler, " sho u ld th e chances of war throw me into your hands , what would you do with me P" " I s h o uld execute you upo n the spot." "Is this purpose entertained gener all y b y t he officers of your army P" "Yes, and by the privates too." " Sir, I thank to it you 2 , for your candour." "Sir, you ar e ent i rely welcome OF on S a t ur d ay, the 7th inst., the piacErTons,....At a meeting of the were elect e d members :—Mr. J. Ald• followingCouCnOe L i l LoEfgGet gentlemen t i l o s, m e n r id ge, Ningston , Yeovil; Mr. J. S. Bruce, Falkland House, Fiachlay ; Mons, P. J. Jaeckel, the College, i worthing ; Mr. J. Langton, 111. A., British and Foreign School Society ; Mr. 11 Newman, Wordsley, Stourbridge ; R ev . J. W. Tti , :)er. Wood Green, Tottenham ; Dr. T. E. Watson, Eagle lihll, Southgate, AUSTRIA AND TH E POLES.—" Austria," says the s'iecle, "continues to give up to Russia the Poles who take refuge in Galicia, but those extraditions no longer occur at Brody, Where facts of that nature excite general indigna tion ; the prisonere are sent off through small villages on the frontier. The Austrian authorities have been instructed not to give up the refugees directly to Russian agents—the Poles are taken to the frontier and forced to enter the kingdom, the Russians having been previously informed of the place and hour at which their prey would be thus driven into their nets. This is not called giving up, but removing, and thus the semi-ofileial organ, the General Correspon dance, was enabled to say that the Poles were no longer given up to the Russians." PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND THE SENATE.—The Preeidert says that in the Senate ho "owns nine of the senators and one half of another." " Who owns the other half F" asked a gentleman to whom the President was speaking. "Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts," replied the chief magistrates. " Wilson is for me," says the President, "before breakfast; rather against me whi:e his digestion is going on after it; loves me like pie during the hours which he spends in visiting the various departments and asking fcr places and patronage; and is bitterly my enemy from 7 every evening until he goes to bed, drops asleep, and eorn ruences snoring. Wilson is carrying water on both shoul ders, but I guess he'll get a wetting, and soil his clothes before h,) gets through,"--Yew York, .11(rald, ~.. 2 11& 200 2d 2 2i !05 24 2i